The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1887-02-17
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houses in the southwest part OF the
city that were flooded yesterday are
worse On to-day than yesteT-
day, the surface water of the
heavy rains of last night having
poured in upon the overflow. COnsid-
cradle damage to property is reported
on Blue Island avenue from Eighteenth
street to Western avenue and on the
cross streets adjacent to the river banks.
The overflow at the docks of the Me
COrmick factory at s o'clock this morn
ing measured little over three feet
but it did not prevent the running of
the factory. The situation in the north
west section was more hopeful. The
rain was less general there and the riv-
er was falling. Still, there was large
areas covered with water.
AT TT. WAYNE, IND.
CHICAGO, H., Feb. 11.-A special to
the Daily News from Ft. Wayne, Ind,
says: The Maumee, st, Joseph and st.
Mary's rivers rose five feet last night
and the flood now threatens to surpass
the memorable one of four years ago.
\ number of families residing in the
flooded district OF the city have removed
to the upper stories of their residences,
or have abandoned them altogether.
At the river points between Eft. Wayne
and Toledo great distress is reported.
4hdIy ldClOlltS have Sllul uONl anu In6
employees put to work surrounding the
works by dykes. The water is now
within a foot of the principal bridges,
and they must shortly be cut off from
communication by wagon roads from
the north. The river is now rising six
inches an hour and rain is falling.
IN OHIO.
CANTON, Feb. 1l.-An unusual wind
and rain storm prevailed here this
morning. At Louisville, near here, a
cyclone wave struck the town, doing a
great deal of damage. No one hurt.
AT BATTLE CREEK.
BATTLE CREEK, Feb. II. - The
Battle is still rising. 1t was never
known so high. Freshets are general
a large part of the state.
AT LYONS.
DETROIT, Mich, Feb. ll.-An Even
ing journal special from Lyons says:
The flood here is simply terrible. y
panic has seized some of the people
and it is impossible TO get estimates of
the losses. The water is four feet deep
in many residences and the same state
of affairs prevails in store rooms. EY-
is moving or preparing to
move. Last night was the most eXcit-
ing one the village ever experienced.
Up to that time three buildings had
been washed away and demolished.
Many others are badly damaged.
Alexander Mcfarland family is sick
and cut off from assistance. The Her.
aid office has been boated to higher
quarters, but the paper will be pub
lished as usual.
At MUIR
the same serious conditions prevail
and merchants have abandoned their
stores. Specials to the Evening Jour
nal from other points are to the same
effect, but Lyons seems to he the worst
sufferer. Fred Winters of Charlotte,
was drowned, when trying TO cross
Thornapple river.
THREE RIVERS
is surrounded with water and all shops
have been closed at that point. I'm
mense lumber piles there are aflOat.
The Lake Shore track is 81 great dan
ger of being washed away
AT MONROE
the river Raison has been slowly
rising for the past twenty-four hours,
but the ice has broken. giving free
passage to the lake. The banks of
the river are lined with immense walls
of ice and frozen snow, rising eight or
ten, feet above the present high water
mark.
At JACKSON
the pressure of water in the Grand
river in Il mill pond above the city was
too great and last night the
sluiceS were opened, with the re-
suit that the water rose several
feet and the Grand Trunk bridge is
now under water. Cellars in the bus
mess blocks in the centre Of town are
all flooded. The state fair grounds
are completely submerged.
GETTING WORSE.
CHICAGO, Feb. l2.-The daily News
TF,t.t CvAa.ial Tho floor
now exceeds all previous records. The
waters in three rivers. st. Joseph, st
Mary5 and Maumee, has risen twenty
six inches since = o'clock yesterday af
ternOOn and is rising ut the rate of al
inch an hour. The city is entirely Gu
off from communication by Wagon
roads with the country on the nOrtl
and the water Is now even with the tie;
Of the Lake Shore and Muniee rail
roads and is threatening a wholesale
destruction of bridges y score o
families removed from their house,
with difficulty to-day. Street commits
sioners estimate the damage to sewer
at SO, 900.
AT LYorSS.
DETROIT. Mich, Feb. l2.-The risini
water at Lyons has shut off all com
munication with the outside world b.
wire. and the Evening Journals cor
respondent sends the following specia
from Muir. on the opposite side of tn
river, that place being reached by a eli
cuitous route. At l y. M. the waite
is rising foot an hour. The gram
| ledge of ice reached here ut ten o'clocl
this morning forming jam thirty fee
| deep above the bridge, causing tn
river to leave its bed. and ruShin
with mighty force through tn
| business part OF Lyons. sweepin
| everything before il. Twenty build
| ings were carried away and as man
more moved from their foundations
| Several business fronts were ais
broken in by ice and floating timber;
y portion of the bridge was lifted froI
with the ice. Manufacturing il
terests is suffering terribl,
5. Marsh, Howard Ranger and Fran
McFurlane narrowly escaped bein
drawn into the floods awful curren
1t is reported that y. c. Kinney wa
drowned in his store. Lyons is shI
off from the outside world entirei,
There are no mails and the Telegram
and telephone wires refuse to worl
Terrible suffering prevailes.
>t~ruug street Oars
BosToN. Feb. l2-The. Cambria,
horse railroad started Il car for Bostc
and it is expected that others viii
run to-day. There is no interferen
with the ears progress other than Il
usual yelling and hooting by hoodIum
On the south Boston road large for
of police is scattered along the route
8 The south Boston company propose
run cars tonight if police protect,
/. is assured.
HeadQuArter. at en- X. OFFS.
PHILADELPHIA, February II - T